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Current Pratt Manhattan Gallery:
Upcoming Pratt Manhattan Gallery:
Party Headquarters: Voting Is Just the Beginning Fall 2008
Zones of Conflict November 19, 2008–February 7, 2009 Opening Reception: 6-8 PM on Tuesday, November 18
The exhibition features art works that examine diverse artists’ opinions about political media, the art of persuasion, the persuasion of art, voting attitudes among vote-eligible citizens, and the consequences of democracy. The exhibition is guest curated by Eleanor Heartney and Larry Litt and also features a cabaret of performers to appear in “Pratt Falls: Political Satire at Pratt Manhattan.” For information on the show and related events, visit www.partyheadquarters.org.
The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery: Crossing Disciplines: Light September 17–November 14, 2008
“Crossing Disciplines: Light” is a faculty exhibition curated by artist Keith Sonnier as part of an ongoing series of faculty exhibitions that explore themes shared by artists and designers from Pratt Institute in the multiple disciplines of Pratt Institute.
About Pratt Manhattan Gallery: Pratt Manhattan Gallery is a public art gallery affiliated with Pratt Institute. The goals of the gallery are to present significant innovative and intellectually challenging work in the fields of art, architecture, fashion, and design from around the world and to provide a range of educational initiatives to help viewers relate contemporary art to their lives in a meaningful way. It is located on 144 West 14th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Chelsea and gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM to 6 PM. Phone: 212-647-7778.
T.J. Demos, author and art critic, will curate “Zones of Conflict,” an exhibition that will assemble examples of photographic and video-based artwork that focus on contemporary war—particularly in the Middle East. Broadcast February 20–May 2, 2009 Opening Reception: 6–8 PM on Thursday, February 19
The exhibition will explore the ways in which artists since the late 1960s have engaged with, critiqued, and inserted themselves into official channels of broadcast television and radio. “Broadcast” is coorganized by Independent Curators International and Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, and curated by Irene Hofmann.
For more information, visit pratt.edu/exhibitions.
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